Boat transporter

ABSTRACT

A cross piece clamped and tied to the ends of a boat, rotatable about the short axis thereof, and longitudinally movable about the long axis thereof for lifting the boat onto the roof of a vehicle. A pin-tube assembly for removably and controllably positioning wheels to the rear of a boat.

BOAT TRANSPORTER This invention relates to a simple and efficientapparatus for transporting a boat.

Accordingly, a primary object of this invention is to lift a boat ontothe roof of a vehicle in a simple manner minimizing the time and effortnecessary.

Another object of this invention is securing the boat to the roof of thevehicle without the necessity of a person getting onto the roof of thevehicle.

A further object of this invention is the provision of means for simpleand rapid positioning of wheels connected to the rear of a boat.

The above and other objects of this invention will become apparent tothose skilled in the art after a detailed description of preferredembodiments of this invention taken together with the accompanyingdrawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a blown up view of the long pole;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional line taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 2; FIG. 5 is asectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a blown up view of the pulley and locking bracket;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the transom wheel and clampassemblies;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an embodiment of the transom wheel assembly;

FIG. 10 is a side elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 11 is a blown up side elevational view of the apparatus securingthe pole.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown a vehicle having aroof 22 and a bumper 24. A boat 26 and vehicle 20 rest on ground 28.

As clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a long pole 30 t with a collar stop32 is slidably secured within a sleeve 34 which is in turn fixed to atransverse sleeve 36. Sleeve 36 is slidably mounted for rotation aboutthe longitudinal axis thereof on a pole 38 which is fixedly supported tothe rear edge of roof 22 by means of brackets 40. Y

i As clearly shown in FIG 2, the bottom end of pole 30 has a leg 50 of ahinge 52 secured thereto. A clamp 54 with a clamp screw 56 is tightlyclamped onto transom 58 and stern'60 of boat 26. Secured to clamp 54 isa leg 62 of hinge 52 either removably or xedly secured to hinge 52through .the use of a removable or permanent hingepin 64.

Aline 70 is attached to the bow of boat 26 and is run l through pulleys72 and 74 along the top portion of pole 30.- L ine 70 then runsvaround apulley 76 secured to a stop bracket 78 mounted on roof 22 reversing thedirection of movement of line 70. Line 70 is finally run over a pulley8.0 extending from pole 38 and is wound on the drum 82 of a winch 84 bymeans of a removable Y winch handle 86.

In order to lift boat 26 onto roof 22 and secure boat 26 thereon, winchhandle 86 is rotated winding line 70 thereon thereby lifting the bow ofboat 26 upward as leg 62 of hinge 52 moves toward leg 50 until boat 26is in an upright position against the rear of vehicle 20. Collar 32prevents boat 26 from touching ground 28. Stern 60 is now lifted up andaway from vehicle 20 manually with further turning of handle 86. Duringrotation of sleeve 36 as stern 60 is moved away from vehicle 20, boat 26will move relative to pole 38 as pole 30 is slidably pulled throughsleeve 34 by winch 84. As soon as the center of gravity of boat 26 isover roof 22, pole 30 makes physical contact with a roller 90 rotatablymounted on a guide mount 92. Boat 26 is pulled toward the front of thevehicle 20 as pole 30 rolls over guard 92 and is finally secured on roof22 to the holes of locking bracket 78 and by locking winch 84 andremoving handle 86 therefrom. When boat 26 is to be taken off thevehicle 20, a line 100, as shown in FIG. 2, which is tied to an eyelet102 when clamp 54 is pulled until the center of gravity of boat 26allows it to be tipped over the rear edge of vehicle 20 thereby rotatingsleeve 36 about pole 38.

As clearly shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, stern 60 has secured near each endthereof` a vertically positioned channel 110 with three sets of holes112, 114 and 116 in the legs 118 thereof. A tube 119 having holes 120and 122 therein is matably and removably positioned between legs 1'18 ofeach channel 110 through the use of a pivot pin 124 and a locking pin126. Secured to the end of each tube 119 is an axle 128 and a wheel 130.Wheel 130 may be pivoted to the dotted line position merely by removinglocking pin 126 from holes 116 and 122 and inserting locking pin 126through holes 112 and 122.

The embodiment of FIGS. 9 and l0 show a pair of brackets 140 substitutedfor each channel 110 of FIGS. 7 and 8. Tube 138 is rotatably andslidably mounted within brackets 140 and islocked into the solid ordotted line positions by means of a spring actuated pin As clearly shownin FIG.. .11, a looped rod 160 is v i 166 in pole 30 for locking loopedrod 160 together with pole 30 as an additional safety measure in caseline 70 breaks while travelling.

142 mounted on the inside of stern 60 which is insertable through holes144 and 146 of sleeve 148 and' tube 138 rotatably and slidably mountedwithin sleeve 148 which is in turn secured to stern 60 by means ofbrackets 140.

While preferred embodiments of this invention have been illustrated anddescribed, it should be understood by those skilled in' the art thatmany changes and modifications may vbe resorted to without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A boat transporter comprising a vehicle having forward and rear endsand a top extending generally horizontally therebetween, a sleevemounted on the rear end of said vehicle at the top portion thereof forpivotal movement about a transverse pivot from an upright position to ahorizontal position extending longitudinally of said vehicle'and atleast partially overly- `ing the top of said vehicle, a pole slidablymounted in said sleeve andshaving upper and lower ends with s aid sleevein upright l position, means hingedly and detachably connecting thelower end of said pole to the rear end of a boat to be transported,first cable guide means mounted on said pole adjacent the upper endthereof, second cable guide means mounted on said top adjacent theforward portion thereof, third cable guide means mounted on said top atthe rear portion thereof, a cable winch mounted on said rear end of saidvehicle below said top, a cable extending from said winch over saidthird cable guide means, said second cable guide means said first cableguide means and detachably secured to the forward end of the boat to betransported whereby on winding in the cable on said winch the boat israised from its forward end to engage said pole, said pole being pivotedwith said boat from a vertical position to a horizontal position andmoved forwardly to engage the upper end of said pole with said secondcable guide means.

2. The boat transporter of claim 1, including rollable means removablyand positionably mounted to the stern of the boat upon which the boatmay be pivoted in relation to the ground.

3. The boat transporter of claim 2, wherein said rollable means ispivotally mounted for rolling and pivoting the boat in relation to theground while the boat is right-side-up and up-side-down in thealternative.

4 The boat transporter of claim 2, wherein said rollable means isrotatably mounted to the boat allowing the boat to be rolled and pivotedin relation to the ground both right-side-up and up-side-down in thealternative and allowing said rollable means to be positioned so not toextend below or above the boat.

1. A boat transporter comprising a vehicle having forward and rear endsand a top extending generally horizontally therebetween, a sleevemounted on the rear end of said vehicle at the top portion thereof forpivotal movement about a transverse pivot from an upright position to ahorizontal position extending longitudinally of said vehicle and atleast partially overlying the top of said vehicle, a pole slidablymounted in said sleeve and having upper and lower ends with said sleevein upright position, means hingedly and detachably connecting the lowerend of said pole to the rear end of a boat to be transported, firstcable guide means mounted on said pole adjacent the upper end thereof,second cable guide means mounted on said top adjacent the forwardportion thereof, third cable guide means mounted on said top at the rearportion thereof, a cable winch mounted on said rear end of said vehiclebelow said top, a cable extending from said winch over said third cableguide means, said second cable guide means said first cable guide meansand detachably secured to the forward end of the boat to be transportedwhereby on winding in the cable on said winch the boat is raised fromits forward end to engage said pole, said pole being pivoted with saidboat from a vertical position to a horizontal position and movedforwardly to engage the upper end of said pole with said second cableguide means.
 1. A boat transporter comprising a vehicle having forwardand rear ends and a top extending generally horizontally therebetween, asleeve mounted on the rear end of said vehicle at the top portionthereof for pivotal movement about a transverse pivot from an uprightposition to a horizontal position extending longitudinally of saidvehicle and at least partially overlying the top of said vehicle, a poleslidably mounted in said sleeve and having upper and lower ends withsaid sleeve in upright position, means hingedly and detachablyconnecting the lower end of said pole to the rear end of a boat to betransported, first cable guide means mounted on said pole adjacent theupper end thereof, second cable guide means mounted on said top adjacentthe forward portion thereof, third cable guide means mounted on said topat the rear portion thereof, a cable winch mounted on said rear end ofsaid vehicle below said top, a cable extending from said winch over saidthird cable guide means, said second cable guide means said first cableguide means and detachably secured to the forward end of the boat to betransported whereby on winding in the cable on said winch the boat israised from its forward end to engage said pole, said pole being pivotedwith said boat from a vertical position to a horizontal position andmoved forwardly to engage the upper end of said pole with said secondcable guide means.
 2. The boat transporter of claim 1, includingrollable means removably and positionably mounted to the stern of theboat upon which the boat may be pivoted in relation to the ground. 3.The boat transporter of claim 2, wherein said rollable means ispivotally mounted for rolling and pivoting the boat in relation to theground while the boat is right-side-up and up-side-down in thealternative. 4 The boat transporter of claim 2, wherein said rollablemeans is rotatably mounted to the boat allowing the boat to be rolledand pivoted in relation to the ground both right-side-up andup-side-down in the alternative and allowing said rollable means to bepositioned so not to extend below or above the boat.